Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/laj

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lay, *rleʔ ~ rlyeʔ (Coblin, 1986)

This root is composed of two basic phonetic components, a liquid initial and a *-Vj rhyme. Their manifestations across Sino-Tibetan reflexes are highly unstable.

Tibetan rje is from earlier *r-lj-,[1] which may explain some of the chaos with regards to the liquid initial.

This root has a large variety of prefixes attested.

Verb

*laj

  1. to change
  2. to exchange: buy, sell

Descendants

  • Chinese: 移 (OC *laj (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: རྗེ (rje, “to exchange, barter”)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *ʔ-lay²
  • Nungish
  • Boro-Garo
  • Jingpho-Asakian
  • Proto-Central Naga: *a-hlej
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *lay
  • Proto-Karen: *breᴬ (“to buy”)
  • Proto-Tani: *rəː

References

  1. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (1 December 2004), “The Laterals in Tibetan”, in HAL-SHS‎[1]
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